| eclipse-SDK-linux-motif-x86_64 support [message #300696] |
Wed, 15 March 2006 14:04  |
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Currently the Linux platform supports Motif only for 32 bit. How can I get
Linux support for Motif on x86_64? Is there any reason Linux can not
support Motif on x86_64?
Initally posted to eclipse.platform.rcp by mistake - sorry.
Regards,
Jim
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| Re: eclipse-SDK-linux-motif-x86_64 support [message #300729 is a reply to message #300706] |
Thu, 16 March 2006 08:15  |
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First Caveat: I am not a Linux/GTK expert in any way, so I apologize if my
question seems stupid. But, if I have RCP application that must run in
64-bit Linux it looks like my only option is go GTK, right?
Now, my RCP application uses the AWT_SWT bridge to wrap a third party UI
component that is a combination of Swing and native UI. The native part of
UI component is completely Motif based.
Aesthetics aside, is it feasible to embed a Motif based native component
wrapped in Swing inside the AWT_SWT bridge for an RCP application running
GTK?
Probably a more general question is can you embed any UI components written
in Motif in an application that is using GTK for its outer frame such as
Eclipse RCP running on 64 bit Linux?
-Stu Pond
"Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:dva5aj$9gm$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> Hi Jim,
>
> Making a true 64-bit version for motif would require that all pointers in
> the motif implementation of swt become convertable from int to long.
> While
> this is certainly doable (the 64-bit linux-gtk port already does this) it
> is
> a lot of work and error prone.
>
> Since the 64-bit linux-gtk port already exists, I don't think that making
> motif run on 64-bit linux is likely to become a high priority any time
> soon.
> If you want you can log a Feature Request with Platform - SWT for this,
> and
> in the meantime the 64-bit linux-gtk port can be used.
>
> Grant
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>
> "James Towers" <james.towers@ugs.com> wrote in message
> news:dv9olb$sqk$1@utils.eclipse.org...
>> Currently the Linux platform supports Motif only for 32 bit. How can I
> get
>> Linux support for Motif on x86_64? Is there any reason Linux can not
>> support Motif on x86_64?
>>
>> Initally posted to eclipse.platform.rcp by mistake - sorry.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jim
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>>
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| Re: eclipse-SDK-linux-motif-x86_64 support [message #300843 is a reply to message #300729] |
Fri, 17 March 2006 11:09 |
| Eclipse User |
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Eeek! ;-) We have definitely not tried something like this before, but
there's a reasonable chance that this could work. As of jre1.5 awt/swing is
no longer motif-based on linux (it only uses X for its windows), so there
shouldn't be a conflict with the native app and awt_swt bridge. And 32 vs.
64 bits shouldn't make a difference, as long as you have the correct swt for
linux-gtk and the motif-based native application has been compiled for the
appropriate architecture.
If you try this and run into problems with this then please log bug reports
with Platform - SWT. Thanks!
Grant
"Stuart Pond" <Stuart.Pond@ugs.com> wrote in message
news:dvboib$thb$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> First Caveat: I am not a Linux/GTK expert in any way, so I apologize if
my
> question seems stupid. But, if I have RCP application that must run in
> 64-bit Linux it looks like my only option is go GTK, right?
>
> Now, my RCP application uses the AWT_SWT bridge to wrap a third party UI
> component that is a combination of Swing and native UI. The native part
of
> UI component is completely Motif based.
>
> Aesthetics aside, is it feasible to embed a Motif based native component
> wrapped in Swing inside the AWT_SWT bridge for an RCP application running
> GTK?
>
> Probably a more general question is can you embed any UI components
written
> in Motif in an application that is using GTK for its outer frame such as
> Eclipse RCP running on 64 bit Linux?
>
> -Stu Pond
>
> "Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
> news:dva5aj$9gm$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > Making a true 64-bit version for motif would require that all pointers
in
> > the motif implementation of swt become convertable from int to long.
> > While
> > this is certainly doable (the 64-bit linux-gtk port already does this)
it
> > is
> > a lot of work and error prone.
> >
> > Since the 64-bit linux-gtk port already exists, I don't think that
making
> > motif run on 64-bit linux is likely to become a high priority any time
> > soon.
> > If you want you can log a Feature Request with Platform - SWT for this,
> > and
> > in the meantime the 64-bit linux-gtk port can be used.
> >
> > Grant
> >
> >
> > "James Towers" <james.towers@ugs.com> wrote in message
> > news:dv9olb$sqk$1@utils.eclipse.org...
> >> Currently the Linux platform supports Motif only for 32 bit. How can I
> > get
> >> Linux support for Motif on x86_64? Is there any reason Linux can not
> >> support Motif on x86_64?
> >>
> >> Initally posted to eclipse.platform.rcp by mistake - sorry.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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